Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 09/08/1994

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RECOMMENDATIONS Condu~t a survey of wooded land in 1979 vs. that in 1992/3. This Should yield a reason why forested land has diminished. From these results, a plan can be made to prevent future losses, or provide for planting to compensate for losses. II. In an effort to keep track of current and long term ~orest trends or problems, a regularly occurring inventory should be conducted. This will be valuable for long term monitoring of forests in the City of Ramsey. A rotation of ten years could be e~tablished, or one portion of the city could be intensively inventoried each year until the entire city was completed. Through this type of program, very specific cover~ype~resource maps could be developed. This type of a program could also be on a rotation. Inventories conducted should be field inventories where data is collected in the field ~and have established confidence intervals. III. If tr~e planting in residential areas is a goal of the city, a program for planting, maintenance, and monitoring planting spaces must be established. An inventory of areas to be included in such a program is necessary to establish the numbe~ of planting spaces; the exact location of those spaces; whether or not they are occupied; and the species, size, and condition of each tree. Through this program, species diversity could be addressed. There is a variety of software available to be used in such a program. IV. Oak wilt is a problem in Ramsey. I~" is a problem that can be controlled. The city should continue in its efforts to become active~in suppressing this disease. Oaks are the most valuable trees ~in the city, and they need to be protected. This can include disease inventories and hazard tree identification, an active~ role in vibratory plowing, and construction damage prevention on new developments and homesites. Kunde Co., Inc. - Consulting Foresters